Tittle was giving the responders a weather briefing today to prepare for Wednesday's expected severe weather.

National Weather Service meteorologist David Hotz said forecasters' main concern for the incoming storm system is it has potential to spawn "long-tracking, strong tornadoes" across the plateau and valley regions of Southeast Tennessee, Northeast Alabama, and Northwest Georgia.

The storms should hit the plateau between 3 and 6 p.m., the Tennessee Valley between 5 and 8 p.m., Hotz said.